Error 0x80072F78 when attempting to update MS Windows Srv 2k syste

Not surprisingly, I am getting error 0x80072F78 when I attempt to execute
Windows Update on any of my Windows Server 2000 systems.

My systems are behind a corporate proxy server (MS ISA 2k) - I feel
confident that the problem is not in the proxy server because all of my other
servers (MS Windows Server 2003 & SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9) always get
updated correctly.

After reading all the messages in this newsgroup, I suspect strongly that
there is no solution to this issue - however, I am posting this message as a
latest (desperate) attempt to solve the problem before replacing the system
with an SLES9 equivalent.

Regards,
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Panos Tsapralis,
+306948076902,
Athens, GREECE.

"Panos Tsapralis" <> wrote in message
news:3467BE3E-3C48-4478-AA4D-...
> Not surprisingly, I am getting error 0x80072F78 when I attempt to execute
> Windows Update on any of my Windows Server 2000 systems.
>
> My systems are behind a corporate proxy server (MS ISA 2k) - I feel
> confident that the problem is not in the proxy server because all of my other
> servers (MS Windows Server 2003 & SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 9) always get
> updated correctly.


That's not enough information to judge that conclusion.
E.g. is the same version of WU being used in each case?
Otherwise it's comparing apples and oranges.


>
> After reading all the messages in this newsgroup, I suspect strongly that
> there is no solution to this issue - however, I am posting this message as a
> latest (desperate) attempt to solve the problem before replacing the system
> with an SLES9 equivalent.


Have you tried getting the updates manually through the
Windows Update Catalog? E.g. that would involve only WUv4.
Your problem is probably due to BITS being used by
higher versions of WU or AU.


From a recent post to another forum where the poster
was complaining about not being able to update using Vista
but could see the list of updates:

<excerpt>
If this is via WU that's because it would be using your account.
During the download phase it would be using whatever anonymous
network account BITS uses. What happens if you use AU
(also an anonymous network account?)

Have you seen this article? It's a more recent compendium of suggestions
which have had clearer (IMO) writeups elsewhere.

<title>You experience problems when you access the Windows Update
Version 5 or Version 6 Web site through a server that is running ISA Server</title>
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/885819/en-us

(Google web search for
ISA "Windows Update" anonymous site:microsoft.com
)

Hmm.. the same search done with Live Search would probably show you
those other articles I'm referring to if you revised it like this:

(-intitle:security -intitle:bulletin) ISA "Windows Update" anonymous site:microsoft.com

Better?


HTH

Robert Aldwinckle
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